List of fictional characters with disabilities

This is a list of fictional characters with disabilities in various mediums, including novels, comics, television, and movies.

Character name	Work	Medium	Notes
Arthur "Artie" Abrams	Glee	Television	Guitarist and paraplegic manual wheelchair user. Portrayed by Kevin McHale.[1]
Barquentine	Gormenghast series	Literature	He is a one-legged, hunchbacked dwarf.
Butchie	The Wire	Television	Blind bar owner and advisor to Omar Little. Portrayed by S. Robert Morgan, who is himself blind.
Corky Thatcher	Life Goes On	Television	First major character with Down syndrome on a television series. Portrayed by Chris Burke, who has Down syndrome.[2]
Fusion	The Amazing Spider-Man	Comics	Initially born as twins with dwarfism before being fused into a single body.
Geordi La Forge	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Television	Blind since birth, and uses technological devices to allow him to see. Portrayed by LeVar Burton in the television series and the related films.[3]
Barbara Gordon	Various DC Comics series	Comics	The character Barbara Gordon originally operated as the superhero Batgirl. After being shot in the 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, she became a paraplegiac and was revamped into the computer hacker "Oracle". The character's paralysis has been the subject of much critical commentary with arguments being made both in favor of, and against, restoring her mobility.[4][5]
Víctor Gutiérrez	Bia	Television	29-year-old musician who is sitting in a wheelchair for 10 years because he lost his ability to walk after a car accident.
Augustus Hill	Oz	Television	Paralyzed from the waist down after being shot during a police raid as part of the character's backstory. Portrayed by Harold Perrineau.
Jimmy Valmer	South Park	Television	Young boy with cerebral palsy.
Joe Swanson	Family Guy	Television	Confined to a wheelchair after being shot by a criminal named Bobby Briggs, though he is still an expert cop. Voiced by Patrick Warburton.
Naomi Kaya	The Savior's Champion	Literature	Sister of the protagonist. Paralyzed from the waist down. Naomi is the main reason why enters the tournament that requires the champion to marry the savior.
Stevie Kenarban	Malcolm in the middle	Television	In a wheelchair, with a missing lung and asthma
Jack Hodgins	Bones	Television	Paralyzed from the waist down after an explosion during the eleventh season of Bones. Portrayed by T. J. Thyne.
Homestuck trolls	Homestuck	Webcomics	Many of the twelve main trolls in Homestuck suffer disabilities owing to injuries, including blindness, loss of limbs, and paralysis.[6]
Robert T. Ironside	Ironside 2013 remake	Television	The character is a police consultant who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot as part of the character's backstory. Portrayed by Raymond Burr in the 1967 original and Blair Underwood in the 2013 remake.
Tess Kaufman	Reasonable Doubts	Television	Deaf assistant district attorney. Portrayed by Marlee Matlin, who is also deaf.
Nunnally Lamperouge	Code Geass	Anime	Paralyzed after being shot, and subsequently became blind due to apparent psychological trauma.
Sid Halley	Whip Hand	Literature	Detective who lost his left hand due to an earlier racing accident and subsequent beating by thugs.
Hazel Grace Lancaster	The Fault in Our Stars	Literature
Tyrion Lannister	A Song of Ice and Fire Game of Thrones	Literature and television	The character is a dwarf and a member of House Lannister, one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the fictional kingdom of Westeros. Tyrion has been called one of the series' most popular characters.[7] In the television adaptation, Tyrion is played by Peter Dinklage, who has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of the character.[8]
Mongo the Magnificent	Mongo series by George C. Chesbro	Literature	Mongo is a former circus acrobat with dwarfism. Although better known by the stage name Mongo the Magnificent, the character's real name is Dr. Robert Fredrickson. By the point of the series, Mongo operates as a private investigator.
Puck	Alpha Flight	Comics	The character Puck was originally created as a dwarf with no superhuman powers, but his stature was later retconned as having been caused by mystical influences.[9]
Jake Sully	Avatar	Film	The character Jake Sully is a disabled former Marine. Portrayed by Sam Worthington.
Kerry Weaver	ER	Television	The character exhibits a limp in her gait, eventually revealed to be the result of congenital hip dysplasia.[10]
Professor Charles Francis Xavier	Various Marvel Comics series and adaptations	Comics	Charles Francis Xavier is a major character in both the Marvel Comics universe and its many adaptations and alternate universes. He is a powerful mutant who is typically portrayed as being paraplegic. He has been portrayed by a number of actors across adaptations.
Frodo Baggins	The Lord of the Rings	Book, Film, Radio Drama	Is missing the ring finger of his right hand, after it was bitten off. Also suffers from various other permanent injuries, such as scarring on his shoulder from a knife wound.
Maedhros	The Silmarillion	Book	Is missing his right hand, after it was sliced off so he could escape a shackle.
Beren	The Silmarillion	Book	Is missing his hand, which was bitten off by Carcharoth.
Sador	Unfinished Tales, The Children of Hurin	Book	Wood-man who served Húrin's family. Accidentally cut off his own leg, and so was nicknamed Labadal by his friend Túrin.
Kitty Ko	Sidekick	Television	Has two left feet

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See also

• List of fictional characters with bipolar disorder

References

1. Steinberg, Jamie (May 2009). "Kevin McHale - Getting Glee". Starry Constellation Magazine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
2. McDaniel, Jo Beth; Burke, Chris. A Special Kind of Hero: Chris Burke’s Own Story. Doubleday, 1991.
3. Roddenberry, Gene (1987). Star Trek: The Next Generation Writer/Director's Guide (PDF). Hollywood, CA: Paramount Domestic Television. p. 7.
4. Joey Esposito (March 30, 2009), The Life and Times of Barbara Gordon, CraveOnline, archived from the original on June 5, 2012, retrieved July 6, 2011
5. Ray Tate (December 31, 2000), LINE OF FIRE REVIEWS: Batman Gotham Knights #12, archived from the original on May 22, 2011, retrieved November 25, 2007
6. "CFP: Disability and/in/through fanfiction (Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, special issue) | H-Disability | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2017-09-17. Fanfiction loves its disabled characters ( Stiles from Teen Wolf, Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon, Homestuck, House, River Tam from Firefly)...
7. Orr, David (August 12, 2011). "Dragons Ascendant: George R. R. Martin and the Rise of Fantasy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
8. Kois, Dan (March 29, 2012). "Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
9. http://byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=2&T1=Questions+about+Comic+Book+Projects#140
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)